Name: Anna Beere
Burial Number: 0141
Gender: Female
Occupation: Nurse; Domestic Servant;
Born: 00/00/1797
Died: 08/03/1888
Buried: 09/03/1888
Story
Anna was born about 1837 in Uplyme, near Lyme Regis in Devon. Her father, William, was a Cheese Dealer in Uplyme and Anna Maria was the 3rd child of William and wife Lydia’s six children. William was born in Uplyme in about 1810, Lydia in Axminster in about 1806. There were several Beere families in Uplyme, including William’s parents, Charles and Ann.
The family was still in Uplyme in 1851, the oldest 2 boys now Labourers.
Anna’s younger brother, Levi, became a property developer in Yeovil, and was also a Cheese Merchant.
In 1861 Anna was a Nurse in Plymouth (a move of over 70 miles) in the household of Captain John Edward and Mary Davis, looking after their five children (they were to have 8 altogether). He was a Naval Captain, born in Gosport, retired by 1871 and by then living in Park Row, Greenwich with 4 children and two Domestic Servants – Anna Maria and Eliza Cooke. Wife Mary was born in Cheam. Son Percy was also in the Navy, working in the Office for Nautical Almanacs.
By 1881 Anna was living with Mary Jane Davis, now widowed, in Grafton Road, Worthing as a General Domestic Servant. There were just the two of them in the household.
Between 1881 and 1888 Mary Jane moved to St Michael’s Road, where Anna died.
Researcher: Liz Lane
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: NWS Row: 8 Plot: 2
Exact Location (what3words): unit.clubs.dame
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
No description of the headstone has been added.
Inscription:
In loving memory of Anna Maria Beer who after a long and faithful service entered into her rest March 8th 1888 aged 91 years."Well done good and faithful servant" "Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord"
Further Information
Birth
Name: Anna Maria Beere
Gender: Female
Born: 00/00/1797
Town: Lyme Regis
County: Devon
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name: Not applicable
No marriage information is available for this burial record.Information at Death
Date of Death: 08/03/1888
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 3: St Michael's Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: No value recorded
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1851
Living at Uplyme, Lyme Regis, Devon – William Beere, Cheesemaker; Lydia, Wife; six children
1861
Living in Plymouth – Captain John Edward Davis, Mary Davis, five children, Anna Beere, Nurse;
1871
Living in Park Row, Greenwich – Captain John Edward Davis, Mary Davis, four children, Anna Beere, Domestic Servant; Eliza Cooke, Domestic Servant
1881
Living in Grafton Road, Worthing – Eliza Jane Davis, Widow; Anna Beere, General Domestic Servant.
